The Snow Capped Slouch Hat (Free Crochet Pattern)

November 9, 2015

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Special thanks to Lion Brand Yarn for providing the yarn for this sample!

I have another new slouch pattern for you! This one is simple, but it has a eye-catching spiral design that adds a lot of visual interest.

The Yarn

I’ve been a fan of Lion Brand’s Heartland Yarn for a while. It’s a lighter worsted weight acrylic yarn that comes in a range of beautiful, natural colors, all of which have just the right amount of sheen. My stores don’t carry the full range of colors, so I was very excited when Lion Brand sent me some shades that I’d never seen before. For this hat, I used a color called “Katmai.” Click here to view all the colors available. It was the combination of the color of the yarn and the design of the hat that made me think of snow capped mountains, so that’s how I got the name for the pattern!

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Notes:(1) This pattern is written in American Standard Terms.(2) This hat is worked in a continuous spiral. Do not join at the end of each round and do not chain at the beginning of rounds unless instructed. Use a stitch marker to mark the last stitch of each round.(3) The CH2s that create the holes in the hat still count as stitches. Keep this in mind when checking your stitch count, and when you reach Round 24 where it tells you to SC in the next 6 stitches (the CH2 counts as the first 2 of the 6).

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Using K Hook, begin with magic circle.

Round 1: 10 HDC in magic circle (10)

Round 2: 2 HDC in each ST around (20)

Round 3: 2 HDC in each ST around (40)

Round 4: (2 HDC in next ST, 1 HDC in next ST) around (60)

Round 5: (2 HDC in next ST, 1 HDC in each of the next 2 STS) around (80)

Switch to H hook.

Round 6: (CH2, SK 2 STS, HDC in each of the next 8 STS) around. (80)

Rounds 7-23: Repeat Round 6.

Round 24: (SC in each of the next 6 STS; SC2TOG) around. (72)

Rounds 25-33: SC around.

Slip Stitch into the next 3 STS to smooth down the round, then fasten off and weave in ends.

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This is a FREE pattern, and by using it, you’re agreeing to the following legally-protected conditions.

You’re welcome to sell what you make with it; for online listings, please link back to my blog using something like this:

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Little Monkeys Crochet
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Here are the “do nots”:

Do not resell the pattern, altered or in its original form.

Do not copy and paste the pattern onto your own blog, in a Facebook group, or anywhere else. Simply link to this page instead. Anything beyond this is copyright theft. You are welcome to copy/paste it into a document for printing, for personal use only.

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I just made the slouchy and love the design and how quickly it works up. My only issue was that I had to do a couple of extra decrease rows as the hat seemed loose around my head. I do tend to crochet quite loosely and was wondering if I went down to a 4.5mm if that might help without doing the extra decreases? Any suggestions would be great, although the hat still came out great! I used the Heartland 4-ply and it such a soft yarn and love the look it gives the slouchy!

I love your patterns, have done several already and was one of the thousands that did the Wildflower Bag crochet-a-long.

I have tried to comment on your blog, but the computer keeps spitting it out, so I figured I would email you this way instead of on your blog.

Question: On round 24 of the above pattern, can you tell me what to do with the ch2 spaces? When you finish up round 23, the ch2 space is the beginning of round 24, if you skip over them I end up with 56 stitches, if you do 2 sc in chain 2 space and then 4 sc to make 6sc and then ch2tog, you end up with less than 72 stitches…please help!

If you count the ch2 space as 2 and continue in that fashion that you stated, you will be sc2tog a total of 10 times which will give you 70 final stitches, also, you run into a problem twice when the sc you are to crochet together are the ch2 spaces. I sc 2 in the space, counted 6 and then sc2tog which happened to be the last 2 sc before the ch2 space, 8 sections minus 8 stitches (sc2tog) =72 stitches. The hat came out beautiful, thanks!

Hi Rebecca,
First of all thank you for sharing this beautiful pattern. I love this pattern it works up so fast. I on round 24 I read the note #3 it said the CH2 counts as the first 2 of the 6 okay, that leave 4 stitches so do I sc2tog twice?

Hi there. I so love your patterns. You are super talented! Was wondering if I could use red heart super saver yarn for this pattern. If I may, do you have any pattern using this brand of yarn? Thanks so much

I tried it out and everything went on quickly without a hitch. I used Caron Simple Soft in a sort of shimmery pale gold color. It’s not my style, but it’s certainly going to be a hit as a dirty santa gift along w/ the cowl I made! My husband says it looks fashionable.

Thank You so much Rebecca! I Really Love your Gorgeous Designs an: wish I knew how to do what you do; but God have you that Talent. And you are such a Sweetheart for sharing your patterns with us all. I Appreciate your Gift!

I'm Rebecca, a wife, mom, and tryer-of-new-crafty-things. I love to crochet, and I try to design patterns that the younger generations will love to make and love to wear. You can get to know me a little more here!